Parent School Involvement, Student School Engagement, And Academic Achievement In Children Adopted From Foster Care By Lesbian And Gay Parents, Cassandra P. Vazquez

Theses and Dissertations--Psychology

Sparse research has examined academic outcomes of children adopted from foster care by lesbian and gay (LG) parents. Children who have experienced foster care are at greater risk for negative outcomes, but investment in academic achievement could help buffer potential adversity. Parent and student engagement with school peaks in middle childhood, so this may be an important period for understanding processes that influence academic achievement. This study explores how LG parents (N = 57) of school-aged children (Mage = 10.56 years) adopted from foster care in the U.S. involve themselves in their child’s school, how this involvement may …

Impact Of Covid-19 On Debtor’S Obligations To Comply With Duties To Pay Rent, Joseph Diorio

Bankruptcy Research Library

(Excerpt)

Under section 365(d)(3) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), a debtor-in-possession is required to “timely perform all the obligations of the debtor . . . arising from and after the order for relief under any unexpired lease of nonresidential real property until such lease is assumed or rejected, notwithstanding section 503(b)(1) of this title.” Section 365 was implemented to relieve landlords from the burden of proving the rent payments owed by the debtors prior to rejection were “actual and necessary” costs of preserving the bankruptcy estate. Section 365 has been heavily litigated since early …

Dying To Fight: The Individual And Social Processes Of The Foreign Fighter Phenomenon, Michael James Schumacher

Dissertations

Why do individuals take the extraordinary risk of traveling abroad to fight, and potentially die, in another country's conflict? This dissertation compares the motivations behind the U.S. citizens who fought on behalf of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Tunisian citizens who fought on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Syrian Civil War (2011 - present). The study relies on personal narratives of individual foreign fighters collected through twelve weeks of archival research at the Tamiment Library in New York City and the Ernest Hemingway Archives in Boston dedicated …

The ‘Justice Files’ Film Project: A Brief Account, Hugo De Rijke

Plymouth Law Review

No abstract provided.

Different Ways Of Knowing And Growing: A Case Study Of An Arts-Integrated Pedagogy At An Urban Elementary Charter School, Amarpal Khanna

LMU Theses and Dissertations

An arts equity gap exists in K–12 grade education. African American and Latinx students have fewer opportunities for access to arts education than do White students. In California, charter schools have an opportunity to address the equity gap for students in those demographic groups. The goal of this qualitative case study was to observe how Kahlo Charter Elementary School, an urban charter elementary school in Los Angeles County, implemented an arts integrated curriculum and to identify benefits and challenges for fourth and fifth grade students of color enrolled at the school. Aesthetic learning (Bose, 2008; Denaway, 2013; Greene, 1978, 1995, …

A Practice-As-Research Project Utilizing Butler’S (1990) Feminist/ Post-Structuralist Theory Of Gender Performativity, As Well As Connells (2001) System Of Hegemony, Complicity, And Subordination To Interrogate The Formation Of Toxic Masculinities Through Practice-As-Research And Live Art Methodologies, Charlie Cornforth

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

In the past twenty years or so, the concept of masculinity has come under increasing scrutiny. What used to constitute as socially acceptable behaviour for men to engage in, has increasingly become challenged by developments such as the MeToo movement. There are now stable grounds to argue that there is such thing as a toxic masculinity, an understanding that has been brought about through a series of questions that ask what grounds masculinity is constructing its position of authority and power upon, what behaviours associated with masculinity are bringing harm to both society as a whole, the individual man and …

Lut Lut Lut A Collection Of Poems Accompanied By A Critical Thesis: The Poetics Of The Dérive And Détournement With Reference To The Situationists, Susan Howe And Peter Riley, Sam Kemp

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This project investigates the role of the artistic techniques of the dérive and détournement in the work of contemporary poets Susan Howe and Peter Riley, exploring the ways in which these poets adapt, develop and draw inspiration from Situationist avant-garde practices of the mid to late twentieth century. The study consists of two chapters, preceded and followed by an introduction and conclusion. My introduction introduces the key features of the Situationist theory of psychogeography, a radical walking technique aimed at undermining the spectacle of urban commercialism in 1950s Paris, and demonstrates how the frameworks of the dérive and détournement, key …

William Blake’S Selfhood And The Atomistic Materialism Of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Joshua Schouten De Jel

Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses

This thesis demonstrates for the first time the way in which William Blake aligned his idiosyncratic concept of the Selfhood – the lens through which the despiritualised subject beholds the material world – with the atomistic materialism of the Epicurean school as it was transmitted through the first-century BC Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. Not only will I argue that Blake was aware of classical atomistic cosmogony and sense-based epistemology, but that he systematically mapped postlapsarian existence onto the philosophical framework of Epicurean cosmogony. As a result, when the subject succumbs to the Selfhood and once the …

Creating Utopia: Memories And Learning To Live Well, Caroline Mikhail

Plymouth Institute of Education Theses

The focus of this research was how we might learn to live well. The research was conducted in collaboration with people living in an eco-community. The overarching questions framing this work are- What is their interpretation of living well and how is it realised in the day-to-day actions and dynamics of the community? How and what is learnt in these day-to-day situations? How did the collaborators (and researcher) learn to be who they are and how relevant is one’s subjectivity for living well? The methods used to answer these questions were immersion, observation, journal, and interviews. The researcher spent time …

Two Sides Of The Same Coin: Vergil And Ovid's Clashing Portrayals Of Individual And Group Identity, Dante G. King

Senior Independent Study Theses

This independent study examines Vergil’s Aeneid and Ovid’s Heroides and Metamorphoses with regard to Aeneas and Turnus as analogues for Roman citizens and Italic provincials respectively. As this project is primarily concerned with textual investigation, philological analysis of Vergil and Ovid’s texts takes center stage and is supplemented by contemporary material evidence and secondary scholarship in foundation narratology, identity, and political theory. So, whereas Vergil characterizes Aeneas as a dominant hero destined to found a new home for his people, the proto-Roman Trojans, and Turnus as a rebellious but ultimately ineffectual Italic monarch, Ovid presents the former as a detestable …

Visit Which Scotland? Political Events Illuminating Two Competing Visions Of Re-Emerging Scottish Identity Since The Late Twentieth-Century, Erin W. Delaney

Senior Independent Study Theses

Since the late twentieth century, Scotland has undergone a series of political changes. I argue that a consequence of these changes has been increased support for a separate national Scottish identity. By analyzing competing visions of this identity through the tourism industry and Gaelic revival, this IS shows the complexities of this move towards nationalism. While many scholars have analyzed the re-emergence of Scottish identity since 1707, the relationship between Gaelic revival efforts and the tourism industry have not been connected to show the complexities of this re-emerging Scottish identity. This IS draws on a vast array of interdisciplinary sources …

Hacking The Seams: Elevating Digital Autonomy And Agency For Humans, Richard S. Whitt

Colorado Technology Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Food Landscape In Ann Arbor And Ypsilanti, Mi: Neighborhood Racial Characteristics And Food Availability, Sara L. Srygley

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The neighborhood retail food environment is an indicator of short- and long-term health conditions. Disparities in Covid-19 health outcomes have been identified as specifically impacting minority populations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI. This study explores these cities' neighborhood retail food environments alongside neighborhood racial composition with three measures: Modified Retail Food Environment Index (mRFEI), Grocery Store Density, and Fast-Food Density. This study's purpose is to determine whether racial composition predicts the food environment and therefore may contribute to poor health outcomes. The results indicate that high Asian population has a significant relationship to healthier food environments while high Black …

Black Lawyers Of Missouri: 150 Years Of Progress And Promise, Willie J. Epps Jr.

Missouri Law Review

In this Article, Judge Epps amasses and orchestrates an unprecedented amount of information about Missouri’s Black lawyers from 1871 to 2021. As Missouri marks its bicentennial, and the sesquicentennial of the first Black lawyer admitted to practice here, this Article offers analysis and insights about the most well-known Black lawyers, including new details on many previously unknown Black lawyers. According to Judge Epps, the earliest of these legal pioneers courageously practiced law when Blacks had few or no rights under the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, and de jure and de facto discrimination reigned in Missouri. His research shows …

Tenants Without Rights: Immigrants’ Experiences In The U.S. Low-Income Housing Market, Mekonnen Firew Ayano

Journal Articles

Immigrants who recently arrived in the United States generally are not able to exclusively possess rental properties in the formal market because they lack a steady source of income and credit history. Instead, they rent shared bedrooms, basements, attics, garages, and illegally converted units that violate housing codes and regulations. Their situations highlight the disconnect between tenant rights law and the deleterious conditions of informal residential tenancies. Tenant rights law confers a variety of rights and remedies to a residential tenant if the renter has exclusive possession of the premises. If the renter lacks exclusive possession, courts typically characterize the …

Clayborn V. Twitter, Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

PETITION FOR EN BANC AND PANEL REHEARING

Taamneh V. Twitter, Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC

Netchoice V. Paxton, Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

APPELLEES’ RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO APPELLANT’S MOTION TO STAY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Deceptive Dyad: How Falseness Structures International Law, Jason A. Beckett

Faculty Journal Articles

Public International Law (PIL) is portrayed as an autonomous and tolerably just legal system. A determinable system of rules and principles, deployed by professionals to evaluate and constrain the global machinations of power politics. Law as an authoritative structure through which global justice can be pursued. This entrenches a comforting, but false, progress narrative; and obscures the limitations of pursuing progressive change through international law. PIL is structured by false necessity and false contingency. These interact to create the Deceptive Dyad, which disguises the radical indeterminacy of PIL. PIL’s purported demands, however meticulously crafted, do not effect change in the …

พระอินทร์ในนาฏกรรมไทย, บวรนรรฏ อัญญะโพธิ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์เรื่องพระอินทร์ในนาฏกรรมไทยมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการแสดงของตัวละครพระอินทร์ในนาฏกรรมไทย ใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ด้วยการศึกษาเอกสาร การสัมภาษณ์ และการชมการแสดง โดยศึกษาจากนาฏกรรมที่จัดแสดงโดยหน่วยงานสังกัดกระทรวงวัฒนธรรม และเป็นตัวละครพระอินทร์ที่มีรูปแบบการรำตัวพระ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า พระอินทร์มีฐานะเป็นอธิเทพและเป็นตัวละครสำคัญในนาฏกรรมไทย ตัวละครพระอินทร์มีคุณลักษณะสำคัญในการแสดงจากปัจจัย 3 ประการ คือ คติความเชื่อทางศาสนา ความเชื่อของสังคมไทย และวรรณคดีไทย ที่ส่งผลต่อการแสดงในด้านสถานภาพ ฐานานุศักดิ์ หน้าที่ เทวานุภาพ อันนำมาสู่การกำหนดบุคลิกลักษณะ องค์ประกอบการแสดง รวมถึงการออกแบบการแสดงและกระบวนท่ารำที่เป็นแบบแผนเฉพาะ บทบาทสำคัญของพระอินทร์คือเป็นผู้คอยให้ความช่วยเหลือผู้ตกทุกข์ได้ยาก โดยสอดส่องดูแลโลกมนุษย์และไปช่วยเหลือตัวละครได้อย่างทันท่วงที บทบาทของพระอินทร์แฝงไว้ด้วยแง่คิด คติธรรม คำสอน ตามแนวทางพระพุทธศาสนา องค์ประกอบการแสดงสำคัญที่บ่งบอกลักษณะเฉพาะของพระอินทร์ในนาฏกรรมไทยได้อย่างชัดเจนคือการแต่งกายยืนเครื่องพระสีเขียวสดเพราะมีกายสีเขียว สวมศิราภรณ์ชฎายอดเดินหนเพราะมักมีบทบาทเดินทางไปในเหตุการณ์ต่างๆ มีวชิราวุธทำให้เกิดสายฟ้าฟาดเป็นอาวุธประจำกาย มีกระบวนรำเฉพาะตนแทรกอยู่ในการแสดงโขนและละครเพื่อเปิดโอกาสให้เห็นความสำคัญของพระอินทร์ในฐานะอธิเทพที่มาปรากฏในเวทีละคร จึงเป็นช่วงที่ผู้แสดงจะได้อวดฝีมือในบทบาทพระอินทร์ได้อย่างเต็มภาคภูมิ การแสดงพระอินทร์ปรากฏเป็นรูปธรรมที่ชัดเจน มีการอนุรักษ์ สร้างสรรค์ สืบทอด และพัฒนามาอย่างต่อเนื่องจนเป็นแบบแผนของการแสดงในปัจจุบัน ผู้วิจัยขอเสนอว่าควรศึกษาต่อยอดเกี่ยวกับพระอินทร์ในศิลปะการแสดงพื้นบ้าน โดยเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลเชิงวิชาการของศิลปะการแสดงประเภทต่างๆ ให้ครอบคลุมเพื่อใช้เป็นฐานข้อมูลองค์ความรู้ทางนาฏกรรมไทยต่อไปได้

Shape Shifting: Bodies, Sound, And Queerness, Cordylia B. Vann

Theses and Dissertations

Writings in support of my visual and sonic thesis, Performing Ourselves. The paper examines the relationship between the labor of creating a queer body in how it moves and feels to the creation of choreography, sound, and graphic scores

Black Feminist Thought, Interrupted: Dissecting The Voice Of Black Feminists In The Blogosphere And Their Engagement With Platform Affordances, Dawn G. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT, INTERRUPTED

DISSECTING THE VOICE OF BLACK FEMINISTS IN THE BLOGOSPHERE AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH PLATFORM AFFORDANCES

By Dawn G. Johnson, Ph.D

A dissertation submitted to the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Media, Art, and Text Department in the College of Humanities and Sciences

Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Archana Pathak, Associate Professor, Dept. of Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

Black women that have long searched for spaces to be creative and have voice due to their …

The Pure Theory Of Law Is A Hole In The Ozone Layer, Peter Goodrich

Articles

The article critiques the Pure Theory of Law, arguing that it is inadequate and detached from the dynamic and creative aspects of legal practice. The author advocates for a reimagined legal theory that integrates critical perspectives, embodiment, and a connection to the natural world, emphasizing the need for adaptability and responsiveness over static dogma.

Grit In The Performing Arts: A Mixed-Methods Study Of High School Theatre Student Perceptions Of Grit, Kelsey Gibson

Doctor of Education Dissertations

Previous grit research has not yet studied how the performing arts may have an impact on student grit scores and perceptions of grit. Grit is defined by two main characteristics: consistency of interest and perseverance of effort. Continued participation in an extracurricular theatre production requires students to maintain interest and sustain effort throughout the rehearsal and performance period. This mixed methods interpretivist research study examined how high school students from three groups (performing arts, non-performing arts, and non-arts) measured on Duckworth and Quinn’s (2009) Grit-S scale, as well as how performing arts students perceived their own grit after participation in …

University Of Texas At Tyler Course Catalog, 2021-2022, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

University Of Texas At Tyler Catalog, 2021-2022, University Of Texas At Tyler

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Writers Of Ypsilanti 2021, Ypsiwrites

YpsiWrites Writers of Ypsilanti

No abstract provided.

The Great Upheaval: Women And Nation In Postwar Nigeria, Judith A. Byfield

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

This social and intellectual history of women’s political activism in postwar Nigeria reveals the importance of gender to the study of nationalism and poses new questions about Nigeria’s colonial past and independent future.

In the years following World War II, the women of Abeokuta, Nigeria, staged a successful tax revolt that led to the formation first of the Abeokuta Women’s Union and then of Nigeria’s first national women’s organization, the Nigerian Women’s Union, in 1949. These organizations became central to a new political vision, a way for women across Nigeria to define their interests, desires, and needs while fulfilling the …

Wcbu Annual Report, 2021, Wcbu, Bradley University

WCBU Annual Report

Annual report for WCBU, an NPR Network radio station licensed to Bradley University and operated by Illinois State University via WGLT

Functions Of The Rule Of Law, Brian Z. Tamanaha

Scholarship@WashULaw

This concise essay examines multiple manifest and latent functions of the rule of law. The rule of law is characterized as a society in which government officials and the populace are generally bound by and abide law. The functions covered include: personal and collective security and trust; integration of society; legal restrictions on officials; liberty and guiding conduct; economic development; a pivotal place for legal professionals; entrenching power structures; normative commitment and critical standard; and rhetoric. The discussion raises core issues about each function.